CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1952/07/13

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• Publication Date: July 13, 1952

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SUMMARY
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2. New -tom war- organization formed in Indochina (page 3).
3. Communists in Burma reportedly striving for alliance of all
insurgents (page 4).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. British persist in support of present Greek Government (page 4).
5. Maraghi Pasha may succeed Sirry as Egyptian Prime Minister
(page 5).
WESTERN EUROPE
6. De Gasperi refuses to withdraw Trieste appointment (page 6).
7. Russia may be seeking to expand Danube traffic (page 6).
LATIN AMERICA
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2. New "total war" organization formed in Indochina:
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of the formation of a French-Vietnamese
organization for "total war, "to be directed
by French military authorities. The organi-
zation is cOmposed of five committees charged with mobilizing human,
ecOnomic, and psychological resources, public works and transporta-
tion, and civilian defense.
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The Embassy, while expressing "disappoint-
ment" at not being informed earlier of this important development,
comments that the cooperation necessary to make the scheme work
is a possibility under the new Tam government.
Comment: This organization should increase
the efficiency of the military effort; but it does run directly counter to
Vietnamese aspirations for greater autonomy. It could have far-
reaching significance in the maintenance of French control over a
wide range of political, military, economic and social activities in
Vietnam.
The American Embassy is apparently still
not receiving full and timely information from the French.
3. Communists in Burma reportedly striving for alliance of all insurgents:
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Party is to form an alliance anion
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a Karen-Communist merger would not necessarily
result in the overthrow of the government, but that it would severely
strain the Burmese armed forces.
'Comment: As the Karen position becomes
increasingly desperate, and as older, pro-West leaders are replaced
by younger ones, the Communist offers for an alliance are becoming
increasingly appealing.
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4. British persist in support of present Greek Government:
Ambassador Peurifoy reports that British 3.3(h)(2)
Ambassador Peake asked him on 10 July what
the American attitude would be if the present
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Greek Government were forced by the defection of a few of its supporters
to depend on the Communist front faction in Parliament to stay in power,
Ambassador Peake said Lord Mountbatten had
advised him that he would not receive opposition leader Papagos during
his forthcoming visit to Greece unless the interview were approved by
King PauL
Comment: The Ambassador's question was
undoubtedly stimulated by current opposition attempts to cause the
government's fall because of the defection of its parliamentary support-
ers. The British, however, have tended to side with the government
and the Palace against Papagos, who is favored by the United States.
The refusal of Lord Mountbatten to interview Papagos will spur Greek
efforts to exploit any difference of opinion between American and
British representatives in Greece.
5. Maraghi Pasha may succeed Sirry as Egyptian Prime Minister:
jiCing Farouk must eventually accept
either a return of the Wafd Party or a dicta-
torial regime headed by ex-Minister of the
Interior Maraghi Pasha. Maraghi would undertake to neutralize the
Wafd in three years of rule without parliament.
Farouk will probably chose maragm as grime minister if the S rry
government falls.
Comment: Maraghi, considered a strong,
independent figure, was freqtit y mentioned as the probable succes-
sor to Hilali Pasha, Sirry's predecessor. He was responsible for
the effective reorganization of the police force after the january riots.
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6. De Gasperi refuses to withdraw Trieste appointment:
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Italian Premier de Gasper' has told the British
and American Ambassadors "with some as-
perity" that despite their representations
he cannot withdraw the appointment of De
Castro as Italian Political Adviser for Trieste. The ambassadors had
told the Premier that the appointment might prejudice Italian-Yugoslav
negotiations on Trieste, and had pointed to adverse Yugoslav press
comment on De Castro's nationalist connections. De Gasperi replied
that De Castro could be removed if he did not do the "competent, re-
sponsible job" expected Of him.
De Gasperi referred again to the importance
of the Trieste issue in the coming national elections. Asserting that
he did not have the strength to .'stand up against failure" to solve the
problem, he emphasized its "bearing on the Italian ratification of EDC. "
Comment: Recent Italian appointments in
Trieste have shown the effects of extreme nationalist pressure on the
De Gasperi government.
Although the Italian Parliament is expected
to ratify the EDC treaty in the fall after some debate, US observers
believe that this increasing nationalist pressure will jeopardize the
next Italian Government's cooperation with US policies.
7. Russia may be seeking to expand Danube traffic:
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The Soviet-Hungarian shipping company,
Meszhart, which since 1946 has operated with-
out Austrian authorization on the Danube be-
tween Vienna and the Hungarian border, has re-
portedly approached the Autrian Government for an official trade license.
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Since some Austrian officials fear that granting the license might pre-
judice chances for an Austrian peace treaty, no action has yet been
taken. If the government, decides to grant the license, it will report-
edly seek guarantees for equal rights for Austrian shipping in Hungarian
waters.
Comment: The Hungarian request, together
with recent Soviet offers to the Austrians to relax long-standing ob-
structions to Austrian shipping on the river, may portend a general
effort on the part Of the Orbit to increase the volume of Danube traffic.
The Soviet offers may have been designed in part to make the Austrian
Government more receptive to the Soviet-Hungarian company's ap-
plication.
Last January Meszhart sought permission to
operate on the Danube within the US occupation zone in Germany.
After American and German officials insisted that the USSR must first
admit German vessels to the Soviet occupation zone in Austria, the
question was dropped.
LATIN AMERICA
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